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Hilmar Otto Nebgen, 88, of Fredericksburg and formerly of Stonewall, died Friday, April 4, 2014, at Knopp Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Arrangements are under the direction of Schaetter Funeral Home where visitation will be held Friday, April 11, from 4-8 p.m., and Saturday, April 12, from 7:30 a.m.-noon.

Vigil services, with a rosary service led by St. Joseph’s Society of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, will follow the vigil and rosary services of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Andrew (Jane) Nebgen, which begins at 6 p.m., Friday, April 11, at Schaetter’s.

Visitation will continue Saturday, April 12, from 1-2 p.m., at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Stonewall where the funeral mass will begin at 2 p.m.

Interment will follow at Stonewall Community Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Stonewall Volunteer Fire Department, St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church or Hill Country Memorial Hospice.

Arrangements are under the direction of Schaetter Funeral Home where visitation will be held Friday, April 11, from 5-7 p.m.

A rosary service will be held Friday, April 11, at 6 p.m. at the funeral chapel.

The body will lie in state at Schaetter Funeral Home until 8:15 a.m. on Saturday, April 12, and from 9-10 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Stonewall where a funeral mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m.

Funeral services were held Friday, March 28, at 11 a.m. at the Church of Christ with Tommy LeFan officiating. Visitation was held beforehand.

Interment followed at Greenwood Cemetery.

Arrangements were under the direction of Schaetter Funeral Home.

Mrs. Rodgers was born May 15, 1928, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Lonnie Marshall and Myrtle Hightower Marshall. She married Roy Rodgers on Aug. 28, 1947, in Phoenix, Ariz. He preceded her in death April 10, 2007.

Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Russelanne and Gary Locklar, and a son, Phillip Rodgers, all of Fredericksburg.

She is also survived by three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Rodgers was preceded in death by a son, Stephen Rodgers, and a sister, Maxine Rodgers.

Funeral services were held Friday, March 28, at 2 p.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Hamilton with interment following at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery at Pottsville.

Arrangements were under the direction of Riley Funeral Home of Hamilton where visitation was held Thursday evening.

Dittmar was born April 26, 1918, at Doss, the son of John Dittmar and Hulda Kroll Dittmar. He married Cora Hannemann on Oct. 14, 1945. She preceded him in death in 2007.

After attending school through the 10th grade at Doss School, Dittmar took his college entrance exam, passed, and entered Texas Lutheran College, thus skipping the 11th grade.

At age 19, he accepted a teaching job at Cherry Spring School and then the Petersburg School before entering Southwest Texas Teachers College in San Marcos to attain his bachelor’s and master’s degrees.